Charge–Phase Duality and Cotunneling of Fluxons in SQUID-like Nanorings

Autor: Alex Latyshev, Andrew G. Semenov, Andrei D. Zaikin
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Condensed Matter, Vol 8, Iss 1, p 5 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2410-3896
DOI: 10.3390/condmat8010005
Popis: Employing charge–flux duality for Josephson junctions and superconducting nanowires, we predict a novel effect of fluxon cotunneling in SQUID-like nanorings. This process is strictly dual to that of Cooper pair cotunneling in superconducting transistors formed by a pairs of Josephson tunnel junctions connected in series. Cooper pair cotunneling is known to lift Coulomb blockade in these structures at low temperatures. Likewise, fluxon cotunneling may eliminate the magnetic blockade of superconducting phase fluctuations in SQUID-like nanorings, driving them into an insulating state.
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